VRBO read the messages between us about her viewing the house and sent me the email below:  This email is regarding Case Number: XXXXXXXXXXDear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,We have become aware that you may be directing travellers to either contact, book, or pay offsite in your inquiry’s conversations.

About 90% of my coaching students bought properties and increased their net worth on average of $100,000 the year we worked together.

The dirt is worth about 450k because of the amount of units you can put on it.  

I am not familiar with Avail and whether a LL can view credit history.

To get an umbrella that covers my net worth, it would cost me $600 more every year.

It has a boiler system so I don’t think it’s worth it to purchase 3 more to have them separately metered.

Just to present an alternative point of view regarding California residents investing in STRs, I'd say the gambit still works and works well.For one thing, you still get to use the Section 263(a) tangible property regulations' de minimis rules, which probably mean you can immediately expense most of the furniture and fixtures in your STR.For another thing, while for your California return you won't be able to use bonus or accelerated depreciation for the personal property, you will still use shorter 5-year and 7-year lives for maybe 25% of the improvements.But the big thing: The federal tax bill is far, far bigger.

Quote from @Benjamin Jackson: Hi,I need to figure out if this is worth pursuing.

Also perhaps the homes built in the last 10 years have sprinkler systems and even drip systems near the foundation to keep the soil moist.Look for signs when you are viewing homes....especially in the hot areas.When we evaluate homes, especially with buyers we're looking at the BIG 5 as best we can. 

They all spoke about something that you can already view in their You Tube channel.